Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-03-25

here unprovided for. AS far as known
both of these men were men of good habits,
and had been deemed exemplary business
men. Mr.. Bodell had been an officer of
the church to which he belongs. Their
sudden departure creates a surprise only
equalled by the statements of fraud which
have followed it. DR.. A. Nj. Henkel who
came from the same town says that the
reputation they bore in New Market, as
young men. was of the highest character.
TIE EXTENT OF THE SALE OF NOTES.
1t is hard to make an accurate estimate
at this time of the extent to which the
sale Of the notes has been carried. Each
day shows that it is far wider than was
thought the day before. The bulk of the
notes offered are said to be signed by IN
known people, many of whom were repre-
sented to be residents Of the Irish Greek
and Kerr's creek neighborhood in Rock
bridge. Others purported to be signed by
persons unknown in our own county. It
has heen long time since the banks
would take any of the paper of the firm
unless endorsed by responsible men we'll
known to them. For twelve months the
Directory of the Augusta National had
refused to take any paper on which Cline
dlnst & Bodell's name appeared. The
notes appear to have been sold to almost
anybody that had hundred or two dol
lars that they wanted to put out at inter
est. and the list of holders, SO far as ascer-
tanned, includes small and large farmers,
lawyers, clerks. mechanics and merchants.
1t is probable that unlimited litigation
will grow out Of this failure, to which the
parties may be numbered by the hundred.
THE WAY THE BOGUS PAPER WAS
OPERATED.
The way the firm operated the bogus
paper is illustrated in the case of Mr.. J.
Fl. Burdett. They sold him note signed
by Mr.. Wine of Lexington. When the note
was about due Mr.. Burdett wrote to Mr..
Wine at Lexington telling him of the fact
in order that he might protect it. In the
meantime Bodell came along and Burdett
mentioned that the note was due. Bodell
said it was ali right, that he was going to
Lexington and he would see Wine and
have it attended to. The note was paid
at maturity, shortly after which Mr..
Burdett received back, as a dead letter,
the one he had written Wine, with the en-
dorsement-'sNo such man in Lexington, :"
Nor had there been any such man; a &c
titious signature to the note had been
used.
LEAVING IN HASTE.
Mr.. Ed. Dolin, carriage trimmer, who
took charge Of the factory after their fail
ure to return, informed representative
of the VIlJDICAToR that neither Cline
dinst nor Bodell gave the slightest inten-
tion Of what was to happen. They left
without leaving any directions behind
them; nor had they given any intimation
to their families. On Friday evening,
neither of them having returned, the wife
of one sent down to the factory to know if
anything was known of her husband, but
of course no information could be given.
Mr.. Dolin provided by the sale of vehicle
for the payment of the hands. Mr.. Dolin
said he thought there was no doubt they
had sold fictitious paper, but he could not
believe that they had committed forgery.
He thought that it would have been much
better if they had staid instead of taking
their flight. He thinks that when they
left, they really expected as they said, to
get money from some source to take up
the notes falling due. They had been max
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$4,000, and it was thought had succeeded
before they left, but it fell through. His
idea is that failing to get the money, and
knowing what complications they had left
behind them, they were afraid to return
and concluded to run from it.